title: Cyclopiazonic acid-induced changes in the contraction and Ca2+ transient of frog fast-twitch skeletal muscle.
abstract: The effects of cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) were investigated on isolated skeletal muscle fibers of frog semitendinosus muscle. CPA (0.5-10 microM) enhanced isometric twitch but produced little change in resting tension. At higher concentrations (10-50 microM), CPA depressed twitch and induced sustained contracture without affecting resting and action potentials. In Triton-skinned fibers, CPA had no significant effect on myofibrillar Ca2+ sensitivity but decreased maximal activated force at concentrations > 5 microM. In intact cells loaded with the Ca2+ fluorescence indicator indo 1, CPA (2 microM) induced an increase in Ca(2+)-transient amplitude (10 +/- 2.5%), which was associated with an increase in time to peak and in the time constant of decay. Consequently, peak force was increased by 35 +/- 4%, and both time to peak and the time constant of relaxation were prolonged. It is concluded that CPA effects, at a concentration of up to 2 microM, were associated with specific inhibition of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-adenosinetriphosphatase in intact skeletal muscle and that inhibition of the pump directly affected the handling of intracellular Ca2+ and force production.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie Générale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ERS 6107, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Même
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huchet-Cadiou
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Léoty
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D018656:Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011893:Rana esculenta; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium; C000543:cyclopiazonic acid